Lion Ranch Vineyard & WineryCuvée Blanc
White wine
This wine generally goes well with poultry, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish.
The Cuvée Blanc of the Lion Ranch Vineyard & Winery is in the top 20 of wines of Santa Clara Valley.
Food and wine pairings with Cuvée Blanc
Pairings that work perfectly with Cuvée Blanc
Original food and wine pairings with Cuvée Blanc
The Cuvée Blanc of Lion Ranch Vineyard & Winery matches generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or poultry such as recipes of salmon koulibiac, catalan zarzuela or cajun jumbalaya rice.
Details and technical informations about Lion Ranch Vineyard & Winery's Cuvée Blanc.
Discover the grape variety: Roussanne
Roussane is a white grape variety, planted on an area of more than 700 ha. Originally from Montélimar, it is also found in Savoie, Languedoc and Roussillon, and grows very well in calcareous, poor, stony soil. It prefers to be pruned short. Roussane is also called fromenteau, barbin or bergeron. The young leaves are bubbled with fine down. When adult, they become thicker. It flowers in June and matures in mid-September. The grapes are cylindrical in shape, the berries are small and turn red when ripe, and the wine produced from pure Roussane is of extraordinary quality. It has a delicate aroma reminiscent of coffee, honeysuckle, iris and peony. The taste of this wine improves with age. It is part of the blend of the appellations Vin-de-Savoie, Côtes-du-Vallée du Rhône or Châteauneuf-du-Pape.
Last vintages of this wine
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Informations about the Lion Ranch Vineyard & Winery
The Lion Ranch Vineyard & Winery is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 15 wines for sale in the of Santa Clara Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Santa Clara Valley
The wine region of Santa Clara Valley is located in the region of San Francisco Bay of California of United States. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Jason Stephens or the Domaine Clos LaChance produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Santa Clara Valley are Cabernet-Sauvignon, Zinfandel and Merlot, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Santa Clara Valley often reveals types of flavors of non oak, oak or earth and sometimes also flavors of microbio, vegetal or spices.
The wine region of California
California is the largest and most important wine region in the United States. It represents the southern two-thirds (850 miles or 1,370 kilometers) of the country's west coast. (Oregon and Washington make up the rest. ) The state also spans nearly 10 degrees of latitude.
The word of the wine: Bâtonnage
A very old technique that has come back into fashion in modern oenology, which consists of shaking the white wine in the barrels at the end of fermentation, or after fermentation, with a stick or a flail, in order to suspend the fine lees composed of yeasts at the end of their activity. This process is sometimes used for red wines.
